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Maybe Now

By Aalia Jagwani

“Maybe Here and Now is everywhere and everything.”

The Young Are Dead

By Vasundhara Singh

A different take on growing up and saying goodbye to our younger days

The Willow

By Preeti Kathuria

A poem about the still and mundane existence during quarantine, until it’s disrupted by the presence of a certain plant near the window.

A Plea for the Present

By Ekasmayi Naresh

Despite being in the present, we often find ourselves opening doors to the past and future. Instead of trying to open them, we should appreciate today

You Choose

By Ramitha Ramesh

…Like Freud once said, “One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.” …

Revolution

By Aalia Jagwani

The word ‘revolution’ redefined to fit a new understanding of it. To go beyond what the dictionary says it to be, to create your own meaning.

Deconstructing Diane Arbus: A Quiet Revolutionary

By Vasundhara Singh

Diane Arbus; a revolutionary in her own way. She has broken ground and created a space for people unlike any other creative personality.

Newfound Ignorance? Pandemic Edition

By Jasnoor Anand

“This pandemic cannot be another one of societies experiences of new-found ignorance. It is time to redesign society as we know it.”

A Thank You, and Goodbye

By Anusha Kala

A truly heartfelt letter to Sushant Singh Rajput by a fan who resonates with what everyone has been feeling post his demise.

A Beguiling Breaking Ground

By Ekasmayi Naresh

Life has certainly taken a spin, and these groundbreaking turn of events have been expressed in this poem, as nature re-enters the limelight.

The Average American: The Red White and Blue with Stars Edit

Sometimes when we die, our things still retain a part of us. And sometimes, the death is so sudden, that the proof of our being still lingers on these inanimate objects: a piece on the devastating moment of 8:46 AM, on 9/11 – and what it did to a common American’s life.

Finding Spectrums

A musing about different colors, and each of the meanings attached to them; and the quest for going beyond the shades, and into a spectrum.

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